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2010. 2014. 2018. 2022. Hong Kong first competed at the Olympic Games in 1952. It competed as a British colony until 1996. After the territory's handover in 1997, it has competed since 2000 as "Hong Kong, China" with its status as a special administrative region (SAR) of China. Throughout its history, Hong Kong has participated in every Summer ...
2020. 2024. Hong Kong competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, marking the territory's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut as a British colony in 1952. [ 1] More medals were won at the 2020 Summer Olympics by athletes representing Hong Kong than ever before, and Hong Kong also won its first gold medal ...
Changi Prison, where Singapore's death row is located Capital punishment in Singapore is a legal penalty. Executions in Singapore are carried out by long drop hanging, and usually take place at dawn. Thirty-three offences—including murder, drug trafficking, terrorism, use of firearms and kidnapping —warrant the death penalty under Singapore law. In 2012, Singapore amended its laws to ...
Siobhán Haughey. Siobhán Bernadette Haughey SBS ( / ʃəˈvɔːn ˈhɔːhi / shə-VAWN HAW-hee; [ 5][ 6] Chinese: 何詩蓓; Cantonese pronunciation: [hɔ˩ si˥ pʰuj˩]; [ 4] born 31 October 1997) is a Hong Kong competitive swimmer. She became the first Hong Kong swimmer to win an Olympic medal and the first Hong Kong athlete to win two ...
The region of Hong Kong has been inhabited since the Old Stone Age, later becoming part of the Chinese Empire with its loose incorporation into the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC). Starting out as a farming fishing village and salt production site, it became an important free port and eventually a major international financial center.
18 June 1980 Guangzhou International. Friendship Tournament. 5th to 7th Place Playoff. Hong Kong. 0–2. Japan. Guangzhou, China. 30 June 1980 Guangzhou International. Friendship Tournament.
Twins are a Hong Kong Cantopop duo that was created in the summer of 2001 by Emperor Entertainment Group (EEG). Twins are made up of two girls, Charlene Choi ( 蔡卓妍) and Gillian Chung ( 鍾欣潼 ). [ 1] They are a popular group in Hong Kong and a top band in mainland China. Their fan-base have included Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Thailand ...
First iteration. The first iteration of Mark Six was a 6-out-of-14 drawing, with a guaranteed jackpot of HK$ 120,000. At the time, winning the Mark Six jackpot would allow a person to buy an apartment flat in Tsim Sha Tsui, which cost, on average, HK$80,000. [ 3] To win the 1st prize, however, the player must select all the winning numbers, in ...